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go on
verb
- to continue or proceed
- to happen or take place
there's something peculiar going on here
- (of power, water supply, etc) to start running or functioning
- preposition to mount or board and ride on, esp as a treat
children love to go on donkeys at the seaside
- theatre to make an entrance on stage
- to act or behave
he goes on as though he's rich
- to talk excessively; chatter
- to continue talking, esp after a short pause
``When I am Prime Minister,'' he went on, ``we shall abolish taxes.''
- foll by at to criticize or nag
stop going on at me all the time!
- preposition to use as a basis for further thought or action
the police had no evidence at all to go on in the murder case
- foll by for to approach (a time, age, amount, etc)
he's going on for his hundredth birthday
- cricket to start to bowl
- to take one's turn
- (of clothes) to be capable of being put on
- go much onused with a negative to care for; like
- something to go on or something to be going on withsomething that is adequate for the present time
interjection
- I don't believe what you're saying
Example Sentences
Since her first film more than a decade ago, Pugh has gone on to star in movies such as Midsommar, Don't Worry Darling and the Oscar award winning films Oppenheimer and Dune: Part Two.
Saracens hardly touched the ball until the eighth minute when Tom Willis went on a spectacular carry, bouncing off challenge after challenge before eventually losing the ball.
Dame Andrea, who defected to Reform UK last year, moved to Lincolnshire when she was seven and went on to study at Grimsby College and the University of Lincoln.
"I'm hoping for something in the three hours mark, but we'll see how it goes on the day. Mid-three hours would be a happy result."
Stars from the reality television show Love On The Spectrum went on the defensive after Robert F Kennedy Jr commented that people with autism make limited contributions to society.
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